>to know if ie is running i make a procedure that loop througt the proccesses.
>but after 1 or 2 hours, this procedure slows the computer and some consume to much memory.
>
>so is there another way to know if internet explorer is being loaded on a computer without make a loop?

One more solution from Russian Forum:

Function IsIEOpen 
Local lcOldErrorHandler, lnRetCode, loIE 

lnRetCode = 1 
lcOldErrorHandler = ON('ERROR') 
On ERROR lnRetCode = 0 
loIE = GetObject(,'InternetExplorer.Application') 
loIE = null 

On ERROR &lcOldErrorHandler 
Return lnRetCode